Georgina Bloomberg has drawn attention for her young-adult fiction, her achievements as an equestrian and, most recently, for a pregnancy that will make her father, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a grandfather.

A row of horse-drawn carriages lined Central Park South on an afternoon last month. The workhorses ate grain from buckets while drivers dozed in their carriages, top hats keeping the sun's glare out of their eyes.

It's been a rough three months for New York mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn, who has been pounded by a $1.5 million blitz of television ads, robocalls and mailings skewering her.

It has been almost five years since City Council Speaker Christine Quinn helped change a city law so Mayor Michael Bloomberg could run for a third term in office, but many voters are still holding it against her.

Jane Hoffman helped found the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals (the Alliance) in 2002 and has served as president and chair of the board of directors ever since. The Alliance was created to work with the City of New York to apply creative, targeted solutions to NYC’s homeless animal crisis.  Working pursuant to a 10-Year Strategic Plan (2005-2014), and with 150+ rescue groups and shelters that now participate in the Alliance (ranging from the ASCPA, a founding member, to small neighborhood-based rescue groups), the Alliance has succeeded in reducing euthanasia at our shelters.

To participate in the NYC LGBT Pride March (coming up on Sunday June 30) you need to be affiliated with an organization. And what could be better than marching with a pro-animal group? We already told you how to march with Mercy for Animals, and now we’re telling you that you can also march with NYCLASS and GooseWatchNYC. NYCLASS lead the fight against NYC’s carriage horse industry, and GooseWatch NYC works to protect the persecution of Canada Geese in the metro area.

Animals are a huge part of our New York culture. To many, they are just like children and they are certainly just as important. This upcoming mayoral election should focus on Animal Welfare issues from the promotion of kill free shelters to the ban on forcing horses into hauling carriages to making declawing cats a thing of the past.

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Local governments would be able to regulate the sale of puppies at pet stores under legislation that won final passage in the state Legislature.

Today, New Yorkers for Clean Livable And Safe Streets (NYCLASS) announced its first round of endorsements for Council Candidates in Bronx districts. This is the animal rights organization’s fourth public endorsement of City Council candidates.